Tea for Christmas

One of the greatest things about being in this family business is the opportunity to meet people like Anis, who shares our love for beautiful gift-giving.

From our brief meet, I found her to be very warm, generous and utterly full of life. She loves giving so much, even I got a beautiful gold Harrods mug and a warm hug from her when I delivered her Xmas orders last December! That was totally new for me and boy was I touched! :)

Anis wanted to give her friends our personalised tea favors for Xmas...so I suggested giving a set containing matching tea bags and swivel sticks, all nicely packaged in matching reusable tins. She loved them all and practically swooned over them non stop. I felt bad she didn't get one for herself though, and told her so....to which she replied "But the joy of giving surpasses that of receiving". How inspiring.

So Anis, this post is for you babe. Enjoy YOUR gifts :)

I customised them in different designs and colours

English Breakfast Tea and Earl Grey Tea inscribed with Anis's message

Another tin design, seen here with french floral wreath, just perfect for Xmas.
Ouh and notice the blue striped background...another Mariah & Sham hallmark.

New designer cupcake by Mariah & Sham

Last week we collaborated with Haz Workz to come up with a new designer cupcake look for our new client Ashley's 23rd birthday. (Happy Happy Birthday Ashley ~ )



Cupcake and Cupcake Wrapper by Mariah & Sham.
Cupcake Topper by Hazworkz.

We worked on the cupcake wrapper, here featuring a white chandelier silhoutte against our modified Aqua-Tiffany Blue (a shade between aqua blue and tiffany blue) background. Hazrin worked on the monogrammed topper, and we simply love his fine workmanship! (Yes, you can order generic and personalised toppers from him too)

We then designed a new label for Ashley's cupcake take-away box.



Our designer cupcakes, packed in a clear box and embellished with ribbon and crytal beads.

And then of course...because we're always quite the fickle minded lot, we decided to pack the cupcakes in a clear box as well...just for variety :)

And so like always, we would combine all our various ideas and designs...to come up with the all-important harmonized presentation.

This "harmonized variety" has apparently been said to have become one of the distinctive trademarks of Mariah & Sham. So ok we're sticking to that ;)

So anyway, that's all folks!! See ya in our next post...ouh but hey dont forget to check out our constantly updated albums too. Some pics may not find their way to our blog post, but we always put our projects up, no matter how small they may be, for all our clients to see. Just a small way of saying thank you. Thanx for trusting us :)

International Orders

Looks like our favors have gone offshore....and we sort of figured it's got a lot to do with the world getting smaller, what with the advent of IT and modern transportation and all.

International selling is a norm...but opening our doors to the international market wasn't in the cards, back when we first started anyway.

However, our business, like many online businesses, invited international enquiries and ordering requests -which we pretty much turned down.

Until we started deliberating...

Barring any warped sense of security, we may soon lose our international fans, should we not venture out of our own imaginary comfort zones, to reciprocate their enthusiasm. Afterall, they had communicated their appreciation for our work, and sent in repeated requests to order our favors.

Encouraged, we took on the orders and learned a thing or two, from our global biz escapades. And now, we're looking forward to more...

Xmas

This year, Hazrin decided to give personalized presents to his maternal nieces and nephews for Xmas...

He's always been very involved in our projects, but he's never really designed anything for us thus far. This time round however, probably inspired to chart his own name, he decided to design a new line of personalized stationeries.

With the resources available, he painstakingly worked on his project...and in the process, helped increase our pool of resources too.

I must admit, I've never fully realized this potential of his before, and am pleasantly surprised by what I discovered....

We now have a new designer on board, and that can be nothing but advantageous for Mariah & Sham :)

So, here's introducing his excellent work...

He even prepared the packaging box for the personalized notebook and pencil...

For the young adult cousins, he gave them something chic...

For the aunts, uncles and married cousins, he gave them the newly designed Mariah & Sham favors...

And finally, for the newest member of the clan - Baby Deborah, a Mariah & Sham gift set....

Hope they love the gifts!

New Favors

Introducing a new favor from our Royale Collection.... This is our popular chinese take-away box favor in a bold new look. Modern in black, yet exuding a sense of old grandeur with its golden emboss, this favor comes with a matching invite and placecard.

Next up, we also have our Paris Collection...


And cookie favors from our Floral Collection...


And here's our Mariah & Sham all-chocolate cake in customised packaging

Introducing our very own....

This collection showcases our custom-designed cake box favors in a romantic blue theme.

The "designer cake" favors are popular for their dual purposes.

While designed to be presented as a cake, each "slice" of cake also doubles up as a favor.

Individually wrapped cake slices, sweet treats or the likes, can be placed in each box...

No cutting mess, and definitely a delight for the guests..

We also have our popular chinese takeaway box all dressed up in white, blue and silver.







A new addition to our favor collection will be the mini white pails...seen here in white and blue. And lucky for us, the M&Ms for this Easter season came in coordinating blue too :)

And for a more inviting and personal reception, we have also designed a matching blue place card, inviting guests to "Please Take One" favor.

While each favor exudes its own unique charm, the combination of favors, all designed and arranged in coordination, elicit a richness of texture and a more interesting reception.